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Members of the Bulgarian branch of the Russian pro-Putin motorcycle club the “Night Wolves” were among the public at the January 22 inauguration of President Roumen Radev. “We are here […]
At his inauguration ceremony on January 22, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev pledged to work with Parliament, the government, institutions, civil society and citizens to find solutions for Bulgaria. In a […]
Amid military ceremonies and with the attendance of top state and government officials – and amid sub-zero temperatures – Roumen Radev was inaugurated on January 22 2017 as Bulgaria’s fifth […]
Roumen Radev, taking office as Bulgaria’s President on January 22, said that he would appoint “experts” to the caretaker cabinet that will run the country pending early parliamentary elections. Speaking […]
More than two months after the defeat of Boiko Borissov’s GERB in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, an analysis by the party blames fake news spread on Facebook for the […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing prime minister Boiko Borissov said on January 21 that he saw similarities to his own policies in the speech delivered in Washington by Donald Trump the day before. […]
Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use drones, for the sake of public safety. The Interior Ministry […]
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has pledged to work to forge closer relations with […]
Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call for his impeachment without actually having taken office yet. And […]
In Bulgarian politics, the convention is that new office-bearers are accorded a 100-day honeymoon. President-elect Roumen Radev’s lasted 22 minutes when some MPs walked out of the National Assembly, offended […]
